Category: Russian
What’s the best translation of Anna Karenina?
This page is a work in progress! Right now it’s mainly just an illustrated book list with, you know, shopping links. I read and enjoyed the Maude translation, and I’m looking forward to learning more about the other translations. I’ll share more when I can!
Review of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (translated by Constance Garnett)
I was happy with the Garnett translation; not so happy with the Nietzschean philosophy.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Russian
Cyrillic: Incomprehensible yet blessedly phonetic!
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